{"id":11689,"date":"2004-07-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-07-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.staging28.planetswans.co.uk\/?p=11689"},"modified":"2020-09-22T11:26:01","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T11:26:01","slug":"friendly-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/2004\/07\/31\/friendly-round-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Friendly Round Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Friendly Round Up <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Just one week to go and for many of our League Two rivals it was the last day of pre-season matches for them. All the hype around Boston was the debut of Gazza as they ran out 4-0 winners over Newcastle’s 2nd\/3rd string. Martin Carruthers netted a hat-trick whilst Mark Greaves scored the other.<\/p>\n

The Memorial Stadium was witness to four goals as Bristol Rovers drew 2-2 with League One side Swindon. Junior Agogo and Jamie Forrester put Rovers 2-1 ahead in the first half after they had fallen behind within ten minutes of the start but Craig Hinton’s own goal ensured a share of the spoils.<\/p>\n

Bury were 2-0 winners at Stalybridge Celtic thanks to goals from Brian Barry-Murphy and Dave Nugent. Cambridge gained a respectable 2-2 draw against Championship side Brighton despite leading 2-0 at the interval. Daniel Chillingworth and Danny Webb seemed to have given the home side a great chance of victory but goals from Hinshelwood and Molango before the hour mark pushed the game towards the draw.<\/p>\n

There was no confidence booster for Darlington as they were hammered 5-0 by League One side Peterborough at home. Platt, Willock, Constantine, Jellyman and Nolan were on target for the Posh leaving 600 Darlington fans extremely disgruntled.<\/p>\n

Kidderminster though were in much better shape as they won 4-1 away at Redditch United. Despite being a goal down inside three minutes, Harriers found themselves 3-1 up at the break as Hatswell and Rickards (2) were on target – Simon Brown netted the fourth five minutes into the second half.<\/p>\n

Leyton Orient’s pre-season programme ended with a 2-2 draw at Dagenham. Lee Steele and Gary Alexander both put the O’s ahead but on both occasions they were pegged back by their non league opponents. Lincoln also drew 2-2, at home to Championship side Watford and, the Imps too twice squandered the lead. Marcus Richardson scored the first after 55 minutes and Gary Taylor-Fletcher after 81 but a 2-2 draw was what they had to settle for.<\/p>\n

Chris Brandon’s goal was enough to give Huddersfield a win over Macclesfield at Moss Rose whilst Mansfield won 2-0 at Bath City thanks to goals from Joe O’Neill and Derek Asamoah.<\/p>\n

Scott McGleish and Steve Morison scored the goals as title favourites Northampton won 2-0 at Underhill, home of Barnet. Potential signing of the summer Tommy Mooney was on target twice as Oxford drew 2-2 with Bournemouth at the Kassam Stadium. Welsh international Carl Fletcher was on target for the Cherries.<\/p>\n

Rochdale were unable to claim the Rose Bowl as they went down 3-0 to Oldham whilst Rushden were unable to build on their Isle of Man success as they lost 2-0 against Willem II at Nene Park.<\/p>\n

There was better news for Scunthorpe as they won 3-0 at Halifax, Michael Rankin, Andy Parton and Cliff Byrne on target for the Iron. Shrewsbury ended their pre-season with a 1-0 reverse against Bradford, Ben Muirhead grabbing the goal.<\/p>\n

Southend played out a 0-0 draw against Grays Athletic whilst Wycombe were beaten 3-1 by FA Cup Runners Up Millwall – Ahmed grabbing the goal for Wanderers, scant consolation as they were 3-0 down at the time.<\/p>\n

Finally, there was a good win for Yeovil, who triumphed 4-2 at one of last season’s promoted teams, Torquay United. The intriguingly named Bartosz Tarachulski grabbed a hat-trick whilst Adrian Cacares scored the other one. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Why not check out the latest Vetch Verdict<\/a> on the BBC site?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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